I left Monaco a little late,since I didn't want to wake up my Couchsurfing host too early,and I didn't have functional GPS till almost arriving in Italy,so I was just guiding myself with offline map,signs, and asking people,and YAY!!!from afar, I see the building or the Italian-French boarder,the flags, and big blue sign,and as I go by, a Italian officer smiles and says "Buongiorno" and it caught me by surprise and I responded him some invented word,I just wasn't prepared, and immediately I stop,sit at the boarder of the sea and start jumping like a little excited girl,and tears are going down my cheeks as I call my parents :"I AM IN ITALY!!!" And my dad asked with panic " are you ok, is everything allright?!?!" I said yes,of course,I am just so happy,I am crying from joy,to be honest I don't know why I was so happy, but I was and still am.
Cyclists:THEY ARE EVERYWHERE IN ITALY,and when I say everywhere I mean it, if a tunnel has a "no bikes" sign,you see a group on 10cyclists going out of it,cities are full, beachfront is full of bikes,restaurants, everything...and most of them smile,wave, and say "Ciao" when passing by
(Eddie izzard prepared me for this check6:48)
and they move so well between cars, and they are so agile!!!
Roads:they are like taken straight out of my dreams,prefect dark flat and fresh looking asphalt, if I'd have a glass of water in my hand while smcycling today, no spills would happen,I can guarantee,this is amazing,roads are well described,just by the coast,beautifully views,accessible hills,awwwww!!!and somewhere near San Remo, a full cycling road emerges, it's like a highway for bikes!!! 3 lines,bothways, and line for slower bikes, it was around, 30-40km long,also perfect asphalt(I didn't even notice those 30km)with its own tunnels,resting areas water fountains in case you need to refill your bottles...this is a dream for me.
I must say,so far,Italians seem to me like a very fit nation,all the people I see are fit,sporty,or skinny,or all of the above,and that's great,maybe it's the cycling and great infrastructure,maybe it's just to look good, it doesn't matter.
I absolutely totally and fully love Italy,people are polite,smile,cycle and look happy,roads are great,views are to die for,I am just so happy!!!I barely noticed today's almost 140km,didn't need to buy water, food prices are similar to Spain(cheaper than Cote D'Azur).....
Today I am sleeping in the wild mountains of Bergeggi,a small village 10km away from Savona, and there is a paragliding landing zone 200m away from me,how cool is that? It's very high, so might be refreshing at night, but that's good because I sleep better when it's slightly cold, and my sleeping bad was to thick so far,and the views are so nice!!! By the way, 3 tiny wild pigs just stopped by me to say hello, they made noise coming out of bushes and literally stopped for a minute to look at me
I am sorry I never post pictures but my data transfer and phone battery don't allow me this luxury often
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